A leisure centre , sports centre , recreation center , or aquatics centre is a purpose-built building or site, usually owned and provided by the local government authority , where people can engage in a variety of sports and exercise , and keep fit .
5-504: [REDACTED] Look up aquatic centre in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Aquatics Centre (or Center ) may refer to: London Aquatics Centre , venue during the 2012 Summer Olympics Manchester Aquatics Centre , venue during the 2002 Commonwealth Games Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre , venue during the 2006 Commonwealth Games New Clark City Aquatic Center , venue during
10-418: A swimming pool , a large sports hall, and a gym , and may include: aerobics studios, an indoor cycling studio, squash courts, a cafeteria , a licensed bar , outdoor grass and/or artificial pitches for football (soccer) , hockey etc., a solarium , sauna and/or steam room . Some of its functions may overlap with that of a community centre . Leisure centres are staffed by attendants who carry out
15-558: A range of tasks to help and supervise the people using the leisure centre's facilities, and act as swimming pool lifeguards , gym instructors and coaches , offering advice, motivation, and expertise to users. Leisure centres are often operated by private companies on contract to the local authority. Some leisure centres, particularly in Australia, are called aquatic centres , if their main facilities are pools for swimming , diving , and other aquatic sports . This article about
20-468: The 2019 Southeast Asian Games Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre , venue during the 2000 Summer Olympics Tokyo Aquatics Centre , venue during the 2020 Summer Olympics held in 2021 Pan Am Sports Centre , venue during the 2015 Pan American Games See also [ edit ] Leisure centre List of water sports Swimming pool Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
25-492: The title Aquatics Centre . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aquatics_Centre&oldid=1130009228 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages aquatic centre Facilities typically include
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